Half to robert b



, (No Model.)

' E. W. KELLEY.

FAUGET FOR BEER 0R OTHBRGASKS. No. 561,402. PatentedJune 2, 1896.

Nrrn STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

HALF T() ROBERT B. PLACE.

SEETON ANDv ANDREYV LVINGSTON, OF SAME FAUCET FOR BEER OR OTHER CSKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,402, dated June 2, 1896.

Application led November 4, 1895. Serial No. 567,789. (No model.)

` To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. KELLEY,of Lowell, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Faucets for Beer or other Casks, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and iigures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to faucets wherein the shell or casing is adapted to be screwed permanently into the cask or barrel, the valve being completely closed before detachment of the nozzle.

The fluid-inlet openings which admit the iiuid from vthe eask or other vessel into the shell of the faucet are located at the inner end thereof and frequently become clogged or closed up.

In the operation of rosining the barrels the inlets are frequently closed up, and the interior operative parts, of the faucet are also often clogged and prevented from proper action by the rosin or similar material.

This invention has for its object the production of a faucet provided with means for coinpletely covering or protecting the inlet-open ings whenever desired, so that if the barrel or Cask is to be rosined access to the inlets can be entirely prevented dnrin g such operation.

Figure lis a longitudinal sectional view of a faucet embodying my invention, showing the valve and inlet-guard open, with the nozzle and valve-actuator in operative position. Fig. 2 is a front view of the outer end of the shell or easing, the nozzle being detached. Fig. 3, Vin side elevation and partially broken out, represents the inlet-guard detached. Fig. Atis a transverse section on the line oc o0, Fig. l, looking toward the left; and Fig. 5 is a similar section, but looking toward the right.

The shell or casing a is externally threaded at o. to screw into the cask, as usual, and interiorly threaded at its inner end to engage the threaded end o of a cap b, having a diaphragm b2, perforated or provided with curved lslots b3, Fig. 4, to form a valve-seat.

The outer end of the oap is shown as rcduced in diameter at b4, Fig. l, forming a preferablybeveled shoulder 13X, and provided with perforations b5 in its side to permit the contents of the cask or barrel to enter the cap, the said end having formed thereon a hub or boss o, interiorly threaded, as shown.

An inlet-guard 71. (shown separately in Fig. 3) is shown as a shell adapted to iit closely and slide upon the reduced end b of the cap,

said guard having a eentralelon gated hollow hub h', closed at its outer end and threaded exteriorly at h2 on its inner end, the opening therein being polygonal in Cross-section. The edge of the guard l1. is beveled at hX to rest closely against the beveled shoulder ZJX of the cap when the guard is drawn inward, at such time completely covering the inlets b5 and absolutely preventing entrance of the fluid to the faucet. When the guard is so drawn in, the barrel or cask may be rosined or otherwise treated, and the interior of the faucet will be thoroughly protected. Afterward, when the guard is moved into the position shown in Fig. l, the inlets lare opened and the fluid can freely pass into the faucet.

A hub or boss a2, interiorly threaded, is formed within the shell or casin g a by a spider or apertured web as, and a sleeve or bushing j", eXteriorly threaded, is screwed into the hub or boss, nicked at its outer end at fx, Fig. 2, whereby it may be rotated.

The bushing forms a bearing for the spindle d' of a disk-like valve d, held by the bushing properly upon its seat Z22 and slotted at cl3 to at times register with the slots b3 of said seat.

In Fig. l the valve is shown as open; but if turned one-quarter around the slots d3 therein will be moved into position shown relatively by dotted lines, Fig. 4, closing the valve.

The extremity of the spindle is made polygonal in cross-section, as at d2, whereby it may be rotated, the spindle being extended at d'1 beyond the valve and through thev seat b2 into the polygonal opening of the elongated guard-hub h2, the spindle being correspondingly shaped at d5 and having a slot d therein to receive a retaining-pin 10 in the hub h2,

limiting movement of the guard h and preventing undue outward movement thereof, as such undue outward movement would pre- IOO vent return of the guard to proper position when it was again desired to close the openings b5.

The bushing f takes up wear of the valve from time to time by being rotated as necessary.

By rotating the valve-spindle the guard 7L is screwed in orAout on the cap to close or open the valve inlet-openings If, a quarterrotation of the spindle to open or close the valve being sufiicient in general to materially move the guard, so that when the latter has been fully opened the valve can be operated at pleasure.

An annular lip a6 on the outer end of the body or shell d has two undercut segmental flanges a7, Fig. 2, forming one part of the nozzle-coupling.

The nozzle c, annularly hanged at c', is reduced to enter the central opening formed by the flanges a7, ears c2 (see dotted lines, Fig. l) on said reduced portion entering the cutaway part between the lianges, so that partial rotation of the nozzle to carry the ears beneath the iianges a7 will rigidly couple the nozzle to the body a, a suitable washer w preventing leakage.

A valve-actuator Zwis recessed in its inner end at (F2 to engage the polygnal end d2 of the valve-stem and by rotation operates the valve or the guard, the part c3 of the nozzle forming a bearing for the inner end of the actuator and being slotted at c4 to permit the passage of the uid when the valve is open, and a shoulder c5 on the interior of the nozzle is adapted to engage at times with a projection or lug Z13 on the valve-actuator, substantially as shown and described in another application, Serial No. 526,912, filed by me, and for the same purpose as therein described, the nozzle and actuator and the method of connecting them to the body of the faucet forming the subject matter of and being broadly claimed in my said application referred to.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a faucet, a shell or body, an adj ustn able bearing therein, a rotatable valve having an opening in it and supported by the bearing, a removable cap having inlet-openings near its outer end and a perforated inner end to form a valve-seat, and a longitudinally-movable, rotatable guard adapted to cover or uncover said inlet-openings, combined with a valve-actuator, and devices between it and the guard, to rotate and thereby control the longitudinal movement of the latter, substantially as described.

2. In afaucet, a shell or body havinga iuidinlet at its inner end, a valve-seat and a rotatable valve within said shell or body, and a rearwardly-extended spindle on said valve, combined with a rotatable guard or closure for the fluidinlet, movable longitudinally relative to the shell or body, and operatively connected to the valve-spindle, to be longitudinally moved by rotation of the latter and a threaded support for the guard, substantially as described.

3. In a faucet, a shell or body havin g a fluidinlet at its inner end, a rotatable valve within said shell, and an actuator for the valve, combined with a rotatable and longitudinallymovable guard or closure for said inlet a threaded support for the guard, and connections between the valve-actuator and guard, t3 rotate the latter and thereby move it from or toward the valve to open or close the inlet respectively, substantially as described.

4. In a faucet, a shell orbody having a iuidinlet at its inner end, a rotatable valve within said shell,havin g a rearwardly-extended spindle, and an actuator for the valve, combined with an external guard or closure for the inlet, movable upon the inner end of the shell, connections between it and the valve-actua tor, to operate the guard, and slot-and-pin connection between the spindle and guard, to form a limiting-stop for the guard, substantially as described.

5. In a faucet, a shell or body having iuidinlets in its inner end,`and a threaded boss therein, a rotatable valve in the shell having an extended spindle, a detachable nozzle, and an actuator for the valve, combined with an external guard or closure for the inlet-openings, a threaded hub to engage the boss in the shell and having an aperture to receive the valve-spindle, whereby rotation of the latter moves the guard to cover or uncover the Huid-inlets, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD WV. KELLEY. lVitnesses:

FRANK M. BROGAN, L. C. CARDELL.

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